Since I saw pictures of a Candy mani over at Tera's blog, I tried several times to create the same layering effect. But since I don't own any so called jelly/sherbert polishes, it turned out to be quite difficult. I'm still thinking about ordering some from the US, but postage costs are quite high. A friend of mine is going to the States soon... I might ask her.

I really like this kind of layering. I layered my polishes before to create color effects, but the finish was different. I think the candy finish is very summerlike. But until now, I don't have any summerly colors to create the effect.

The same applies for my latest (and IMO best) try. The 3-dimensionality of the jelly polish is missing, so it's not perfect like Tera's. But I'm ok with it. It was glistening and shimmering quite nicely and since I'm currently into glitter polishes... :P

I didn't manage to capture the duochrome effect of Pool Party very well. Probably due to the artificial light. The polish is extremely sheer, which is basically why I had the idea to use it. I own this polish for quite some time, but because it is so sheer, I barely used it. But layered over the gray polish topped with silver glitter, the effect was just strong enough to create some kind of candy effect. The glitter stayed very glittery, the gray polish kept shimmering through and the duochrome effect just was the icing on the cake :)

I currently have a layer of gel on my index finger nail. It was my first try on gel ever and I did this out of the need to stop the nail from breaking. It started chipping like crazy again, but I hate how it is mostly my index finger nail that keeps breaking, while my other nails are growing lately. It just looks ugly. Well, it turned out somewhat too thick. By now I filed it thinner, but it actually helped. The nail is now pretty long considering how short it was in the past few months. Yay.